Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-10-18

about fourteen feet square, reaching from
the top story down deep into the cellar.
Into these green corn and fodder is thrown
after being finely cut up with cbopping
machine by this engine, and weight Of
many tons is put upon this, squeezing it
into a solid mass, which keeps fresh till
winter, and which can be cut down like
cheese. Each of these silos will hold 100
tons Of ensilage, and the cattle like moth
ing better than 1t as food.
A part Of this barn Is heated by steam
during the winter, and steam pipes run
through the troughs to take the chill of
the water. They also run into the hos
pltal stalls where the sick cows are kept,
and the entire stable arrangement is on
the cleanest and healthiest plan. The
/ cows are not tied, but stand with their
heads through stanchions which permit
their lying down, but which do not per-
init them to step backward. The plat
form on which they stand and lie is just
the length Of a cow, and a trough behind
this catches all the manure and prevents
their soiling their glossy and well curried
coats. This trough is SO arranged that
the water drains off into pipes which lead
to cistcrns made for it, and at certain
places in it trap doors occur through
WHICH Viz IuduuIc Is Tdkcu uuu lullS IuUO
reservoirs or boxes made for it in the Gel
lar. The opening of one of these boxes
let's its contents fall into the wagon driven
into the cellar beneath it, and everything
is arranged with view to the least work
and the greatest saving.
Everything is wonderfully clean too,
and the floor back of the COW stalls would
not soil cambria handkerchief The
ground floor is rs we'll lighted as parlor,
and its woodwork is of yellow pine fin
fshed in oil. 1t contains stalls for eighty
cows, besides close stalls for bulls and box
stalls for calves and cows with calves.
The stock is of the best in the world,
land though" as the senator's manager
says, 'ff the butter sold for 81 pound it
would then cost only about 81 a pound
more than the proceeds to produce it," it
forms pleasant recreation for O very
busy rich man, and the fun he gets out
of 1t is worth more than it costs The
name Of each animal is as religiously kept
here as in the horse stables. 1t is regis
tered at its birth in the herd book, and a
record is daily and weekly kept of the
amount Of milk produced by each cow
In the stables rules are pasted up as to
the feeding and care Of stock. Everything
goes of like clockwork, and the score Of
hands employed are ordered to treat the
beasts as kindly as though they were
men. No loud words are allowed to be
spoken to either the horses or cows, and
no whip Is allowed to be used. The result
Is that every animal on the farm is gentle
and that both cows and horses will come
up to you and rub their noses against
you when You enter the fields.
During our ride on the farm Senator
Palmer frequently inquired as to whether
the horses had been lately watered, and in
every case he urged the men to remember
that whenever they wanted drink they
should know that their horses wanted o
drink, also.
shall not soon forget my ride with
Senator Palmer through the woods and
over his fields. We rode for several miles
this way through field and forest, and
there are nine miles of drives upon the
farm. At one place we found men dig
| ging great pond. six feet deep and
many square feet in area, to catch the
water and form drinking and bathing
place for the stock. At another great
loads Of boards were being hauled on
some new building, and in wide lane a
scientific looking man was blowing out
stumps with dynamite and an electric bat
terry. He would bore hole under the
stump, put in about a pound of dynamite,
connect the battery with it and presto
the stump would fly up into the air with
loud report. He took out about ten
stumps to the hour and seldom wasted 4
charge. The senator looked calmly on al
distance and leieurely pufred his cigar
He was apparently satisfied with the way
things were going. on and imagine he
prefers quoting the Georges of Virgil on
the delights of agriculture to holding the
/ DlOw swinging tho scytha hip,Solf